Cue-tip-securing means



Jan, 11,1927. 4,414

, M. VARGO 1 CUE TIP SECURING MEANS Filed May 25 1.925

INVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES MIKE VARGO, OF YUKON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUE-TIIP-SECTYTRING MEANS.

Application filed May 25, 1925.

This invention relates to securing means, and more particularly to means for securing the tips on billiard cues.

One of the main objects of the invention 6 is to provide simple and efficient means whereby a cue tip can be quickly and easily secured in position, such means being of comparatively inexpensive construction while being very durable. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure l is an elevation of the one tip securing means as applied;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the cue tip securing means, the adjacent portion of the one being shown in elevation;

Figure 3 is a section taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Cue stick 1, which is of known construction, is provided at its smaller end with two dowels 2 and 3, dowel 2 being of appreciably less diameterthan stick 1 and dowel 3 being of less diameter than dowel 2. This provides a stepped construction upon which is secured a body 40f fiber, ivory or any other suitable or preferred material, by means of a suitable cement, or in any other suitable or preferred manner. The recess in body 4 which receives the double dowel construction is of such length as to accommodate the head 6 of a brass screw 6 which is threaded through the upper end of the body and projects beyond the same. A fiber disc 7 is threaded onto the upper end of screw 6 and bears tightly against the upper end of body 4. If desired, though not necessarily, this disc is secured to the body 4 by a suitable cement, for which purpose the body is provided in its upper face the cement. A leather tip 8 of known conwith concentric grooves 4* for reception of Serial No. 32,767.

struction is secured to the upper face of this disc by means of a suitable cement.

The disc 7 and tip 8 form, in effect, a unit which can be readily applied by threading the disc tightly onto the projecting end portion of screw (3. In the event that the tip 8 becomes damaged or loosened from disc 7, the disc and the tip associated therewith can be readily removed and replaced by a new disc and tip thus greatly facilitating repair of the cue. In practice, there is very little likelihood of the disc 7 becoming loosened upon screw 6 when this disc is turned tightlyonto the screw, due to frictional contact between the disc and the upper end of body 4. This provides very simple and inexpensive means for securing the one tip in such a manner as to permit ready renewal thereof which is of importance in poolrooms and similar places where the cues should be kept ready for use and out of service as little as possible.

lVhat I claim is z- In cue tip securing means, a cue stick having a dowel projecting therefrom, a body member secured on the stick and having a bore receiving said dowel, a screw threaded through and projecting beyond the outer end portion of said member, the head of the screw being positioned in the bore and confined between the outer end of the dowel and the outer portion of the body member, the screw being held against endwise movement by the dowel and the outer end portion of said member, a disc threaded onto the screw and contacting with the outer end of the body member, and a tip secured on the disc.-

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

MIKE VARGO. 

